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Old 06-02-2014, 10:55 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I read one novel where a guy floated using a sphere filled with vacuum. I am going to guess that it was powered by a tiny stable black hole.
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The tinier they are, the more unstable they become, until *poof* it vanishes in a blast of raw heat and x-rays and, oddly, radiated gravity.

Ironically if you feed them on a regular basis, that tends to cool them down and they stabilize and remain docile. Kind of like having an edgy Doberman.

Physics is weird.
But, if you tie one (black hole) to a stick and hang it off the front of your airship....now that, is fast!
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